Couple plied victims with booze and attacked them astatine children's parties astatine a societal club
- Holly Christodoulou, Digital Court Editor
- Published: 13:21, 22 Oct 2024
- Updated: 13:21, 22 Oct 2024
A VILE DJ and his adopted sister woman raped aggregate teen girls aft gathering them astatine discos successful a six-year reign of terror.
Darren Gibson and Rebecca Kirton groomed their victims successful Leeds - including targeting 1 miss erstwhile she was conscionable 10 years old.
The mates would ply their victims with alcohol and some articulation successful with the sickening abuse.
Gibson, 54, met immoderate of the girls portion DJing astatine household functions and children's parties astatine a societal club.
He has present been jailed for 24 years, portion Kirton, 39, was sentenced to 12 years.
Leeds Crown Court heard the pair's archetypal unfortunate was targeted successful 2002 aft she befriended Gibson's son.
She was abused by some him and Kirton from the property of 10 aft being invited for "girlie nights" astatine the couple's home.
Gibson raped her for the archetypal clip 3 years aboriginal portion connected a household vacation helium had been invited on.
The 2nd unfortunate was raped aft she met the DJ astatine the societal club.
Gibson invited the miss - past aged 14 - implicit to his location and the mates plied her with intoxicant earlier she was attacked.
He sexually assaulted the 3rd miss erstwhile she approached his DJ booth to petition a song.
The fiend pulled the teen down a curtain and kissed her cervix during the 2008 attack, the tribunal heard.
In their unfortunate interaction statements, the girls told however maltreatment had had a important interaction connected their lives.
Gibson was recovered blameworthy of 19 offences - including indecent assault, rape, intersexual battle and causing oregon inciting a kid into intersexual activity.
Kirton was convicted of 2 counts of intersexual assault, 1 of rape and 1 of causing oregon inciting a kid into intersexual activity.
Both were ordered to motion the enactment offenders’ registry for life.
Det Insp Stephen King, of West Yorkshire Police’s large investigation review team, praised the "courage and bravery" of the victims.
He said: "They person had to hold a agelong clip to spot justness yet being done and I anticipation today’s result volition bring immoderate comfortableness to them.
“I’m pleased that successful handing down these sentences, the tribunal has recognised the gravity of Gibson and Kirton’s offending. They are calculated intersexual predators who carried retired superior harm to young girls implicit a important play of time."